Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:14:46 -0400
Reply-To: Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: photo of vanagon fire: illiteracy
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An evolving language is the equivalent of grammar by the lowest common
denominator, no? And think I actually had to learn English as a second
language the correct way. What was I thinking! :-)
Chris.
On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 11:38 PM, Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com>
wrote:
> dear all
>
> regarding spelling... many writers who write for a living can not spell at
> all
> indeed when you think about it spell check was one of the first non plug in
> add on to be included
> right from the get go ...
> so spelling or not is common...
> the other half of the argument for doing grammar RIGHT
> is that english is considered an evolving language ...
> i would imagine every spoken and written language is evolving ...
> it is the unspoken and unwritten one that are not
> so spelling and styles change a great deal over each ... generation ...
> as well as form and function ...
> computers are changing the way we view english
> the same way the press changed the way words were seen in print
> what is acceptable today will not be 50 years from now ...
> what was acceptable 50 years ago /.. less so now ...
> case in point i start all correspondence to every one with "dear"
> i was recently chastised ... for the second time in my recent professional
> incarnation
> ... that is no way to commence a letter business or other wise ...
> but but but said i ... in grade 8 grammar ... 30 years ago ...
> (read with texts 20 years older than that )
> (read written by people who were in their 30's and 50' then so working with
> 30 year old ideas ...)
> so read with 90 -100 year old grammar ...
> their reply ... this is not grade 8 any more...
> sigh i still start with dear ...
> sometimes an email with hey...
> yours
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:43 PM, Andrew Grebneff <
> andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> wrote:
>
> > >> stumbled upon this on
> > >>> flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/leifv/2567731881/ You can
> > >>> click the "all sizes" link if you want to see it bigger.
> > >>> Edward
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > Great caption: "your`e fired"
> > Let us take a moment to pray for our education system.
> >
> >
> > It's not just the US. Proper spelling and grammar are not taught anywhere
> > these days. No wonder so many on this list (for instance) are illiterate.
> >
> > Have a look at Lynne Truss 2003 "Eats, Shoots & Leaves"; while I don't
> > agree with everything she says about punctuation, and in addition she has
> > real problems with grammar, for punctuation sticklers (like me)it's worth
> > reading. It was a bestseller in Britain and is now on the US market
> > (Gotham Books).
> >
>
>
>
> --
> roger w
> There are two kinds of jobs in the world:
> Picking up garbage and telling people things.
> Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw)
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